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<blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3895349" data-attributes="member: 23810"><p>Although i appreciate the party PC's might not be happy with the way things turned out, I'd say the DM did a reasonable job of working out how scared people would react - ie not 100% logical, not calm and the party (by also getting annoyed - in character as well) fanned the situation into where it is now. Stuff happens and all that and it seemed a reasonable consequence of the actions</p><p></p><p>The question as to how much respect well know 'noble' adventurers should get largely depends on the background to your campaign and also what your local reputation is. Only the PC's / DM can answer that one and even then what your reputation is will depend a lot on what the NPC sees with his own eyes. If you had statues of your PC in the town square and blessings from the local high whatdjamacallit its a lot different from "being involved in that demon business the other side of the mountains". Even noble means different things in different cultures - from 'daddy was a pirate so don't mess with me or else' to 'daddy was the favourite of the queen due to his lute playing so don't mess with me or i'll cry'. Of course, in a fantasy setting where power may or may not equal nobility it gets even more confusing but having seen how 'most' PC's tend to interract with the world you could understand why local jobsworths would be resentful as much as respectful.</p><p></p><p>Back to the OP question tyrant vs lord. Technically a tyrant is an absolute ruler whereas a lord is constrained by certain obligations / customs / rules. Since the players aren't in their homelands they're effectively guests of the local officialdom and should respect the local chain of command.... if they don't do that, for good or bad reasons then they are behaving more like absolute rulers / tyrants.</p><p></p><p>sounds an interesting game btw, and kudos to the group for thinking things through to the level they're doing rather than just finding & killing things!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phlebas, post: 3895349, member: 23810"] Although i appreciate the party PC's might not be happy with the way things turned out, I'd say the DM did a reasonable job of working out how scared people would react - ie not 100% logical, not calm and the party (by also getting annoyed - in character as well) fanned the situation into where it is now. Stuff happens and all that and it seemed a reasonable consequence of the actions The question as to how much respect well know 'noble' adventurers should get largely depends on the background to your campaign and also what your local reputation is. Only the PC's / DM can answer that one and even then what your reputation is will depend a lot on what the NPC sees with his own eyes. If you had statues of your PC in the town square and blessings from the local high whatdjamacallit its a lot different from "being involved in that demon business the other side of the mountains". Even noble means different things in different cultures - from 'daddy was a pirate so don't mess with me or else' to 'daddy was the favourite of the queen due to his lute playing so don't mess with me or i'll cry'. Of course, in a fantasy setting where power may or may not equal nobility it gets even more confusing but having seen how 'most' PC's tend to interract with the world you could understand why local jobsworths would be resentful as much as respectful. Back to the OP question tyrant vs lord. Technically a tyrant is an absolute ruler whereas a lord is constrained by certain obligations / customs / rules. Since the players aren't in their homelands they're effectively guests of the local officialdom and should respect the local chain of command.... if they don't do that, for good or bad reasons then they are behaving more like absolute rulers / tyrants. sounds an interesting game btw, and kudos to the group for thinking things through to the level they're doing rather than just finding & killing things! [/QUOTE]
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